ECAT workers secure 3 percent raise

Transit union workers negotiate new contract

12:16 AM,
Oct. 25, 2013

Written by

Kevin Robinson
| krobinson4@pnj.com

Two days after a labor strike was scheduled to begin, members of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1395 negotiated a pay raise and increased 401(k) employer contributions for its Escambia County Area Transit workers.

On Wednesday evening in a closed-door session, representatives of the union and First Transit, ECAT's management company, agreed to a 3 percent raise for all union workers, which will retroactively go into effect Oct. 1, 2013, Local 1395 President Michael Lowery said.

Workers will receive additional 3 percent raises in 2014 and 2015, and the current employer 401(k) ...